Thanks for tuning in today we're going
to be reviewing the
POC Devour cycling sunglasses.
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While most oversized sunglasses are
inspired by goggles the Devour one of the
first
cycling sunglasses designed to replace
goggles.
The Devour combined POC's distinctive
swedish design language
one of the largest sunglasses we've seen
on the market to date.
What we have here today are the POC
Devour as well as a spare Clarity
lens.
Now packaging is really simple and
pretty unique to pock you have a white
cardboard box
black lettering on top and very minimal
branding.
This also serves as your traveling case
so it's a nice
cardboard construction that
travels really well
and then the spare lens in a simple
cardboard box with a window.
I'll go ahead and take us out of the box and
we'll go over these specs. Retail price
on the Devour
is 250. They have the clarity lens
technology and they're available both in
the road as well as the trail variations
to match all the riding conditions you
might
experience. They include an extra clear
lens which is nice especially at
this price point
so you don't have to purchase that
separately but they do have an
interchangeable lens design so you can
swap these in and out
to match the conditions of your ride.
They have adjustable temples
and that means they're both flexible as
well as adjustable length by simply
sliding them in and out
so nice feature to have they have an
adjustable nose piece with a
flexible rubber to really dial in the
fit.
The lenses have anti-scratch as well as a
Ri-Pel
coating which is resistant both
water and oil
so very robust design and as you can see
these are huge so really big lens with
a lot of protection.
In terms of what comes in the box you
get the sunglasses,
basic packaging material to keep it safe
during transport.
You get that clear lens i mentioned
which is really nice so same lens
design with the vents
and it's great that you don't have to
pay extra for this.
Although you don't get a hard case
you can use the box as a hard case as it
has a little cut out for
your spare lens as well as a little
fabric
bag which is quite large to match the
large size of the sunglasses.
You get a little pamphlet here with
little information on how to change the
lens with
as well as the filtering for the lens
itself.
In terms of spare lenses we have a
separate Clarity lens here it's about a
hundred dollars
so definitely a little bit pricey but
great to have if you plan to use these
longer term.
This is the road variation that we have
here so it's a road clarity and you can
see it has a
violet base tint. Now let's take a look
at the weight of the Devour sunglasses
being a large oversized frame we expect
to be a little bit heavier than
traditional ones.
It comes in about 40 grams
and if we look at just the lens you can
see how much that will weigh through the
road lens
comes in about 18 so half the weight of
sunglasses just a lens
but again really light you're not going
to feel these on your face.
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Now let's go over the fit and finish of
the POC Devour sunglasses.
Whether or not you're a fan of the
oversized lens design
it's hard to deny that they're very
distinct and provide a really wide field
of view.
The front profile in particular is where
the money shot is there's a very sleek
design that matches
and echoes POC's swedish design language. As
with a lot of POC products these sunglasses
are available in quite a few unique
color combinations.
What we have here today is the hydrogen white
so it's an all-white design
all the way from the temple arms to the
nose piece
and that's really distinct to POC. They
typically color even the rubber which a
lot of companies would just leave black.
It's also available in quite a few
colors you can get basalt blue
lead blue uranium black and others and
those actually match
POC helmets and POC apparel so you can
actually
mix and match for a really distinctive
kit.
So again the front very smooth curves
and it actually conceals a frame and
that's what POC does really well.
So you get a really sleek appearance
that actually hides all the
structure of the sunglasses. The only
thing you really see
is this little top brow part as well as
the six
tabs that hold the lens in place. Now it
is an interchangeable lens design
you simply push down on the lens while
you pull up on these little tabs
and that'll pop the top tab off. Same
thing on the other side
and then you simply slide up on the lens
and you can see with the lens out of the
way.
You have this Grilamid frame so very
lightweight and flexible you can see
it has nice structure to it there's no
nose bridge so it doesn't
interfere with your field of view. Very
simple design
with the adjustable pad on the nose.
You just push it to the form you want
and put it on.
The temple arms are adjustable in length
and flexible as well
and you can see they actually bend
downward to go behind your ear.
These have a couple of indexed positions
so you can go all the way in for very
narrow
you can pop one out for a medium length
or all the way out
for the full length to match your face.
Putting the lens back on is really
simple you just have to slide it in the
groove
and behind the bottom tabs.
You simply pop this in up and
under the top tabs and that's about it
so really simple to swap in and out and
again with
POC's really distinctive design it
hides the frame so
it's a very sleek look. Minimal branding
on these sunglasses as well
just have POC on the temple arm and
then POC
actually written on the lens but it's
out of your sight so you don't
actually see this when you're riding.
It's also ventilated
you can see the vents on top and these
actually match where these little
indentations in the frame
are which help funnel air down to
prevent these big sunglasses from
getting fogged up when you're riding. Now
what's more important than the style of
a pair of sunglasses are the lenses
lenses come in a variety of different
options from categories
which dictates how much light they
filter through so a filter category zero
would be a clear lens that allows 100 of
light through all the way up to category
4 which would be a very dark lens.
Generally you want to ride with category
2 or 3 which allows you to ride in
bright conditions or mixed conditions
but if you want to match it to your
environment. Now P:OC
offers a variety of lenses with the
Devours and they all feature the
Clarity lens technology it's a really
high-tech lens design that's actually
produced in collaboration with Carl Zeiss
so very nice optics, no distortion
and great color contrast. What we have here
today is the POC Clarity
trail as well as the POC Clarity road
and what you can see the difference is
that the road has a violet
tint so you can see the violet color
here.
It's more designed to match the grays
that you would see with concrete or road
conditions
while the trail version is more brown so
it has a brown
base tint and as you can see here it's a
lot browner and that's designed
for trail conditions so when you're on
dirt and that'll
improve your color contrast and depth
perception.
So you really want to pick the one that
matches your conditions and then
matches the brightness with the filter
categories.
Now let's take a look at the Devour
sunglasses on the road here we have them
paired with the
Ventral Lite helmet and you can see the
hydrogen white actually matches
perfectly
with the hydrogen white accents of the
helmet. Even though the sunglasses are
really large they also fit well
they match up with the bottom brim of
the helmet and provide a lot of coverage
from the sun or elements. You also won't
get any sunburn with these
as they extend so far to the right and
bottom as you would with
more traditional sunglasses. Optics wise
we're really impressed
they have clear distortion free design
and with the concealed frame they're
very sleek looking
even though they're a little bit goofy
due to the sheer size.
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What we have here is a selection of
different sunglasses to compare the POC
Devour with
starting from the left we have the Bolle
Bolt the more traditional
pair of sunglasses which have been refreshed
with Bolle's new lens technology.
You can see it's quite a bit small and
this is what most sunglasses used to be
before they went all over sized. The
semi-frameless design
wrap around with high curvature that's
similar to the POC Devour
but significantly smaller. You can see
when you put them side by side it's
about half the size
and even in terms of width the POC
really goes wide
so if you want a really wide field of
view. The Devour is a great option although
it does look a little bit goofy off the
bike,
There's also other sunglasses such as
Smith.
This is the Shift Mag what's cool about
and this has a clear lens.
They have a similar oversized
style but a lot more refrained
so again the POC is just really huge
you can see it extends
a bit above bit wider and if you compare
the curvature
the smith has a little bit less
curvature as well. What's unique about
this smith
is that it has a magnetic lens change
design
and you don't actually have to get
fingerprints on your lens you can simply
click the tabs on the sides and the
whole lens comes with the
top of the frame as well.
So you don't have to deal with these
little tabs it's a nice feature that
would be great to see on the POC but
obviously adds a little more
complication
to put them back on you simply press the
tabs again
and then drop into place. There's also a
lot more affordable sunglasses obviously
POC you're paying quite a premium for
the POC brand and the swedish design
language.
Bliz is a great brand for about a
hundred dollars you get two lenses
oversized style you get sleek colors as
well with customization options with the
jawbone.
Again putting them side by side
the Devour's just huge.
It's bigger than any sunglasses we've
ever reviewed and the Bliz doesn't have
the styling that matches the POC.
So where the POC has this nice hydrogen
white
the Bliz has more generic white red
blue colors
and again sizing wise just really large
and a lot more sleek with the concealed
frame where this one's actually
the full frame is fully visible.
Bolle also has some other more
aggressive sunglasses this is the
light shifter. Again the light shifter a
lot smaller
looks better on or off the bike while
the POC devour
will look best with a cycling helmet on.
A lot smaller again and less aggressive
styling what's nice about pocket is very
smooth and subtle
so where this has these hard edges and
these little indentations.
The POC has very smooth curves all the
way around with a very thin
concealed frame. We've also reviewed the
POC Aim before
and similar style in here same idea you
have a concealed frame.
With the poc aim you actually have
the nose bridge
which i'm actually happy to see not
included with the Devour
but it is a semi-frameless design so you
don't see the bottom
with the Devour you do sort of see the
edges especially at the edge of your
peripheral vision
but definitely larger than the POC Aim.
You can see putting them side by side
again the devour is just massive
it's taller wider with more ventilation.
Finally the biggest sunglasses we
previously reviewed
were the Bolle Chronoshields these are
actually inspired by goggles and they've
been brought back
as a cycling pair of sunglasses so you
put them side by side
much more fair comparison. Actually
nearly the same the Devour being
slightly larger due to the oversized and
overlapping frame
with Bolle the frame itself is exposed
at the edge with the
a POC it's the lens that extends
but very similar. You have a full frame
design with both
with the POC just being a little bit
sleeker the bole chrono shield looks a
little more like a goggle
while the poc devour has a frameless.
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Now let's go over the pros and cons for
the POC Devour sunglasses.
What we like about them is the unique
styling it has that crisp
modern swedish design language that POC
is known for
with nice smooth curves and the
concealed frame you also have crisp and
clear optics from the clarity lenses
with POC
offering a variety of different lenses
and color options as with a lot of pop
products you get some very distinct
colors such as basalt blue uranium black
and hydrogen white that we
showed in this review. Some of the cons
for this is that you do pay a premium
with the higher prices of POC items but
you can be rest assured that they hold
their resale value.
The other con is that it has a full
frame behind that concealed frame
and i can limit some of your peripheral
vision even though the lens is so large
for the most part it is very immersive
just due to the size of the lens though
Also it does not come with a hard case
only a soft fabric case
and the cardboard box that is shipped ini.
Taking everything into account would
give the sunglasses a 9.1 out of 10.
These really are the ultimate oversized
sunglasses
and whether or not you like the styling
they are quite distinct. thanks for
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